A California woman has become the first female in Texas history to be declared a Sexually Violent Predator. The case against year-old Desiree Hamm goes back to when prosecutors say she made contact with minors online and proceeded to groom them through role-playing games.
Eventually, those games became sexual. Authorities say that Hamm, then 22, was able to brainwash two teenage girls into believing that the games were real. Hamm would continue the abuse by monitoring her victims on webcams that she sent them.
Hamm was sentenced in and this week, a jury in Comal County, Texas, just north of San Antonio, was tasked with examining her case ahead of her application for parole. Forensic psychologist Dr. Hamm even admitted this week in court that during her time in prison, she participated in role-play games with pen pals while also shifting the blame for her original crimes onto another woman as well as the victims.
When Ham completes her original sentence, she will be transferred to the Texas Civil Commitment Office where she will undergo long-term sex offender treatment and supervision for an indefinite time. Hamm is then accused of using another adult woman to organize a trip from San Diego to Texas to abduct the teen girls. The pair took the minors, holding them in the trunk of the car for part of the journey, to California. Investigators were quickly led to Hamm through cell phones left behind by the girls.
The sex offender lied to authorities and then moved the teens from San Diego to Fresno. The girls remained there for a month where they were abused sexually, physically and psychologically. At one point, Hamm branded the girls with a brand that resembled one of her tattoos.
